In my opinion Portland have really good chances to avoid loss in today's match up. I see strong value on away side.

Portland have big mental advantage before today's game as they didn't lost against Salt Lake in last 5 matches in a row. It's very important thing today. Salt Lake is under huge pressure as they have to win this game to play in play offs, on the other hand Portland have to avoid loss to secure their place in play offs.

Salt Lake coming for this game with confidence on very low level as they failed to win in last 6 consecutive matches. Of course, motivation is huge, but there is no form or rhythm so is very hard to expect big difference today.

On the other hand Portland is in very good form - they didn't lost in 5 of last 6 matches (4 wins in the process). In last round they lost 1:2 at home against LAFC, but no shame at all - LAFC currently is the strongest team in whole league. In addition to that Portland not played worse than theirs opponents: expected goals scored for Portland 1.17, for LAFC 1.05.

On those circumstances I don't see Salt Lake as so big favorite. Wrong odds.

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在我看来，开拓者在今天的比赛中有很好的机会避免输球。我认为客队很有价值。

波特兰在今天的比赛之前有很大的心理优势，因为他们在过去的5场比赛中没有输给盐湖。这是今天非常重要的事情。盐湖面临着巨大的压力，他们必须赢下这场比赛才能进入季后赛，而另一方面开拓者必须避免输球才能确保他们在季后赛的位置。

盐湖城带着非常低的信心来参加这场比赛，因为他们在过去的6场连续比赛中都没有赢球。当然，动机是巨大的，但没有形式或节奏，所以很难期待今天有很大的不同。

另一方面，开拓者状态非常好——他们在过去的6场比赛中有5场没有输(4场胜利)。上一轮他们在主场1:2输给了LAFC，但一点也不丢脸——目前LAFC是整个联赛最强的球队。除此之外，波特兰的表现并不比他们的对手差:波特兰的预期进球数为1.17，洛杉矶的预期进球数为1.05。

在这种情况下，我不认为盐湖城是最受欢迎的。错误的可能性。